Some of you are rolling your eyes at the mere prospect of my claim that the 1990s were the peak of door slammer drag racing coolness. With everything going on today regarding pro mods in the 5s, 275-radial cars running over 200mph, three second eighth mile passes out of turbo, nitrous, and blower cars, top sportsman bump spots deep into the six second zone and everything else, today is the best, right? Wrong and this video proves why. The 1990s were the era of steel bodied cars with way too much power, way too little chassis, and guys who were still trying to figure it all out. On any given Sunday at any race track across the country, there was a chance you’d see a guy in a car like the Camaro or GTO featured in this video. We’re talking about a show quality looking car that still had all the looks of a street car and ran like its hair was on fire. Wait until you see what happens on the freaking burnout!
Let’s set the scene for you. This video was taken by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian at Brown County Dragway in Indiana where the Supercharged Outlaws group was running. As Dawn points out (literally) in her video, this track has a strip of grass running between the lanes and deep into the shutdown area. This becomes an important fact to remember when racer Woody Wilhelm performs his burnout at the helm of his 1969 Camaro, gets into the grass and spins a 180 in his own lane to end up facing the tower. He literally cruises right back up the track and turns around! Since the car kicked up lots of dirt and grass in the other lane, Keith Potter does a short burnout in his GTO before the track shuts both cars off to clean the debris off the racing surface. The video comes back with both guys ready for battle and it doesn’t disappoint. We watched Potter launch his GTO with the left front reaching for the sky and the whole car heaving over multiple times, smiling all the while.
The setting of this video is also freaking perfect. Little Brown County Dragway, straight out of the 1960s is still open. The place opened in 1963 and is still part of the drag racing landscape today. Yes, the grass strip between the lanes is still present and accounted for.
PRESS PLAY TO SEE SOME ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC 1990S DOOR SLAMMER RACING ACTION WITH CHILLS, THRILLS, AND SPILLS!
